ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) called Sunday for an “independent investigation” into an Israeli attack that killed at least 16 Palestinians at a school housing displaced people in the central Gaza Strip. The Israeli army claimed that it had targeted Palestinian gunmen inside the UN-run school in the Nuseirat ref...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of families in Gaza are forced to use contaminated sea water for their daily needs as Israel continues to block most of the humanitarian aid in the war-torn Palestinian enclave, leaving the population hungry and thirsty, the UN has said. “In Gaza’s burning summer heat, children have to wait in long [&helli...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Ten children per day are losing one or both of their legs in Israel attacks in Gaza, the head of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees said Tuesday. “Basically we have every day 10 children who are losing one leg or two legs on average,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told reporters […...
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has dismissed allegations made in an Israeli government-sponsored Google ad campaign as “simply untrue.” The campaign, appearing as sponsored links in searches for “UNRWA,” accuses the agency of compromising its neutrality. It links to a website making various claims, incl...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The South African government will provide 50 million Rand (approximately $2.7 million) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced at a conference in Jordan. “In addition to our International Court of Justice (ICJ) case, our government has approved a contribution of 50 million Rand for ...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States called Thursday on Israel to be transparent over a strike on a UN school in Gaza, including on whether children were killed. “The government of Israel has said that they are going to release more information about this strike, including the names of those who died in […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN has warned that displaced people who sought shelter in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip due to Israel’s offensive in Rafah face shortage of safe drinking water. “That’s what our partners who are working on sanitation and water are telling us,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters duri...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union has decided to disburse €16 million ($17.3 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “The Commission has today processed a second tranche of assistance of €25 million for the Palestinian Authority to contribute to the payment of salaries and pensions of Palestinian civil servants and dis...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) “received horrific reports” from its premises in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, during the Israeli military offensive in the camp. In a statement, UNRWA said displaced people, including children, who were sheltering in its schools in Jabalia, were killed and injured ...
ROME (AA) – Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has said that attacks against Palestinian civilians in Gaza can “no longer be justified.” “There is an increasingly difficult situation, in which the Palestinian people are being squeezed without regard for the rights of innocent men, women and children who have nothing to do with Hamas...
